Sleeping Dragon laid waste to all your inhibitions

"Oh," she laughed, embarrassed for falling for that, but relieved all the same. "Do you like to spin stories, then?" she wondered, thinking that he was probably good at it, if he came up with that off the top of his head.

It was no surprise to her that Ezra had only been around here a few months, though she was interested in his words all the same. Talk of a father made her suppose that he had as sad a tale as she did in that department, or worse, since she hadn't scented any fathers lingering around. Just boys, and one women she'd yet to meet. Besides that, the past tense felt rather telling.

"It's nice," she assured him, lest he think she was mocking him. "I'm always jealous of those who grew up learning other languages. I know some seal hunter words, and a little sunshine, but not much else other than common. I asked Sega to teach me some of his."